BookiV. MINISTE R S coMPARED TO SPOKESMEN. 82! M ET AP HO R. times a March, fometimes a Battle, &c. There are many certain and difl:int1: Sounds, and every Sol– dier, as we have elfewhere !hewed, Oltght to be well acquainted with it, and to know them all. If the <J'rumpetgive anuncertainSound, wh(J Jba/1 prepare himfelf to the Battle ? VII. A Trumpeter, b)· blowing his Trumpet in the Day of Banle, is l'f great ufe to an Army; the s~unding of the Trumpet greatly encourages and animatt.:s the Hearts of Soldiers. VIII. A Trumpeter ufually goes before the Troop or Army, iound– ing hi<; Trumpet; he is ofcen ex– paled to Danger. IX. A Trumpeter is to keep fcmnJing all rhe while an Army .is engaged ; nay, not only to found his Trumpet, but ro lotmd it loud ell a. X . Some Tmmpeters have Sil– ver Trumpets.; nay, God com– manded Mofes ro make two ~ilver Trumpets, ro call the Aifembly; and rhefe were for Eleazar and ltbamar, the two Sons of /.Jaron. XI. A Trumpeter makes fame– times fweer Muric with his Trum– pet. Many love no MuGc like .rhc rare iOunding of a Trllmper. PARALLEL. as it were from Mount Sinai, to roufe up the Ooth– ful and fecure Sinner, or drowfy Profeifor; and fometimes a Call to duty, to affemble the People to fait, and cry mighti ly unto the Lard : Blow the 'frumpet iil Zion, fanEJify a Fa.ft, calf the fo· lem11 Aifembly, gather the People, Jantlify the Colf– gregation, ajfcmble tbe Elders, gather the Childrm, and thofe that fuck tbe Brea.ft, &c. Joel ii. t 5, r6. VII. So a true Mini fler, by preaching the Gof– pel, is exceeding ufeful to God's Church, in the D.ty of Trial, Uc. How cloth an enlivening and an ~wakening Sermon put Spiric and Courage into the Hearts of Chrifl:ians, and make them fearlefs, and valiant for the Truth ! VIII. So the Minilters of the Gofoel fhould be as He Goats before the Flock, they are the Leaderr of the People: Minifl:ers are often greatly expofed. IX. So a Minifrer muft preach always, in Seafon, and om of Seafon, whilft the Saints and Church of God are milirant. Neceffity is laid upon me, and wo is me, if I preach not the Gofpel, r Cor. iJC. 16. Yea, and it mull: be preached publicly. X. So the Tongue of che R1ghteous is as choice Silver, Prov. x. zo. Ainjwor1h, fpeaking of two Silver Trumpet,, that were to be made of beaten Work, Numb. x. faith, it lignifies the Labor of rhc Mitlillets, of.giving themfelves to Prayer, and to the Minifl:ry of the Word ; 'fhe Words of the Lord are pure Words, rts Silver, &c. Pfal. xii. 7· XI. So a Minifter makes fweet Mu!Ic fome– ti:11es, in preaching of the Gofpel in the Ears of Men . And lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely Scng, of one that bath a lovely Voice, and can play ·well on an hiflrument, Ezek. xxxiii. 32. N F E R E N C E ~ I. MINISTERS mufl cry aloud, and fpare not, they mull: lift up their Voice like ...... l. a Trumpet : Tht'y muft l;e endued with Courage, not fe:1ring the Face of Men, fparing none, but repro ve and warn great and rich Men, as well as the Poo;. Jl. They mull: be Men of Wifrlom, that know how to lound difl:inftly, rigbtly di– ••iding the Word of 'fruth, lefl: by their uncertain Sound great Detriment befal Chrift's ijirirual Soldiers. 111. Hence let all the Saints magAify God, for rhat they ha,•e. and do yet hear the joyful Sound, by which they have been called to engage in the fpiritual Warfafe, and thereby animated to a Perfeverance in the fame to rhe End. 1V. Alfv hence it may be inferred, that as the Saints are fPirituJl Soldiers, fo it is their g1ear Concern to obftrve the Sounding of rhefe fpiricual Trumpeters with the Silver Trumpets, that they may be always ready to make good their Ground in an evil DJy: .dnd having dotze at!, to jiand. Stand therefore, &c. Eph. vi. M I NISTERS COMPAR ED TO SPOKESMEN. For I h~ve efpoujed you to one Hl!fband, that I may prefent you as a chafte l/irgiil tc Chrijf, 2 Cor. xi. 2. J H ave, as if the Apoftle fhould fay, ac'letl the Part of a Spokefman, I have endca– voted to engage your AffeCl:ions to Chrifl:. Every Minilter fl:rives to efpoufe Souls 9 Z to
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